![]() ![]() Īs a result, many studies across multiple specialties attempted to address how physicians’ attire influences patient perceptions. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, reimbursements have been tied to satisfaction as well, further emphasizing the importance of bolstering the patient experience in any way possible, physician attire included. In fact, the importance of the patient’s perceptions of his or her care and overall satisfaction prompted the creation of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, a publicly reported and standardized national survey, and other scoring systems such as the Press Ganey system. Although countless factors influence how patients perceive this relationship, perhaps the most easily modifiable variable is physician attire. The patient-physician relationship lies at the heart of the practice of medicine. ![]() When asked to rank all types of attire, patients preferred WS or WB for both men and women surgeons, followed by SA, BA, and CA. We found that each was preferred to CA (SA versus CA: 0.9 ± 1.0 95% CI, 0.7–1.2 p < 0.01 BA versus CA: 0.7 ± 1.0 95% CI, 0.5–0.9 p < 0.01), with similar results in all other categories. In the pair-wise comparisons for male surgeons, white coat over scrubs was not preferred to white coat over business attire, scrubs alone, or business attire (WS versus WB: MD, -0.1 ± 0.6 95% CI, 0–0.1 p = 1.0 WS versus SA: MD, 0 ± 0.4 95% CI, -0.2 to 0 p = 1.0 WS versus BA: MD, 0.2 ± 0.8 95% CI, 0–0.4 p = 0.6). The same results were found when rating the surgeon’s perceived intelligence, skill, trust, confidentiality, caring, and safety. Pair-wise comparisons for women surgeons demonstrated no difference in patient preference between white coat over business attire compared with white coat over scrubs or scrubs alone, though each was preferable to business attire and casual attire (WS versus WB: mean difference, 0.1 ± 0.6 95% CI, 0.0–0.2 p = 1.0 WS versus SA: MD, 0.2 ± 0.7 95% CI, 0–0.3 p = 0.7 WB versus SA: 0.1 ± 0.9 95% CI, -0.1 to 0.2 p = 1.0). ![]()
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